"Hey comrades, over this #holiday period, remember there's no point trying to fix your racist uncle who doesn't believe in vaccines or climate change. Sit at the kids' table and radicalise them instead. It's way more effective and lots more fun."
Why keep the peace this #Thanksgiving? ”Sometimes we have a duty to condemn injustice in close quarters and call #racism by its name,” writes Editor in Chief @gabrielarana.
Just learned that my 5 year old grand daughter who's been fighting leukemia the last month is now finally in remission. Can't stop crying for joy! #family#cancer
28 January 1936 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Femmy Rika Keijzer, was born in Zwolle.
In October 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz and, after selection, murdered in a gas chamber. Her parents - Semmie and Sophia - also perished in the camp.
Union Pacific Fired Him Rather Than Heed His Warnings of Dangerous Rail Conditions
Time and again, Johnny Taylor’s duty to keep the #rails safe from disaster conflicted with his employer’s desire to keep its #trains running as fast and as frequently as possible, putting his career and #family in peril.
My #Dad, aged 27, at #RefugeeCamp in #Indonesia - 1979. Photo was taken by humanitarian aid workers to help #VietnamWar#refugees get sponsored to go to Europe, Canada, USA & Australia, under asylum.
My Dad passed away June 9, 2023.
He went through hell & back, several times. He beat almost all odds. Until #covid infection in hospital in 2022. #LongCovid killed him last year.
Two members of our ceremonial family lost everything, including their 3 fur babies, in a fire last night. Our hearts are hurting for our relatives right now.
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This #beaver family was enjoying a tasty meal of reeds when I happened upon them. The #family that eats together, stays together...or so the saying goes. All my images are available as cards too, just in case you're looking for a Mother's Day card.
11 February 1940 | Dutch Jewish girl, Carla Meijer, was born in Amsterdam (middle).
She was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork with her sisters Mia and Hetty in October 1943. They were all murdered is a gas chamber after arrival selection with their mother Margaretha.
It's winter half term holiday + I'm on my way to #Norway, not sadly with family but for a high level meeting of the #WMO#polar and high mountain regions committee.
Interesting + important meeting as we ramp up our #Antarctica efforts + seek to support preparations for @wcrp_climate#CMIP7
Important to remember that #family is who you love. Sometimes the people that raised you...just aren't your family. Mine aren't.
Bad luck, but it's whatever. It's better to be around nobody than to be around people who make you feel awful, and much better still to be around people who do make you happy.
Italy begins stripping lesbian mothers of their parental rights (www.lgbtqnation.com)
One mom said she cried for 10 days after hearing she was being removed from her daughter's birth certificate....